Author: Dick Mangrum

An event next week in Walhalla will serve as a second opportunity to flesh out what are the top issues in the city that serves as the county seat. The Journal is announcing plans for a debate to take place from 7 to 9 Wednesday night at the Performing Arts Center. The night could be a chance for some of […]

A lawsuit, on behalf of a former Oconee Memorial doctor, was entered today in the Common Pleas Court, alleging employment discrimination. The court filing shows the lawsuit was filed on behalf of Dr. Jennifer Mihalik, a general surgeon, and claims that Prisma Health “terminated her contract and employment without cause in retaliation for various complaints Plaintiff had made to Defendant […]

A League of Women Voters forum for all Westminster candidates will take place Monday night at the city fire department.  But one of the council candidates wants another forum, and she has challenged her fellow candidates to take part.  Wendy Golten says this one is also planned for the fire department, to take place at 6 o’clock Saturday night, November […]

The Seneca Improvements Corporation approved reimbursement money up to $13 thousand yesterday for improvement work at One Community Church on N. 1st Street and for improvements at the former Green’s Drapery N. Walnut building for up to $75,000 to turn that building into an event center with apartments upstairs. Mayor Dan Alexander, on 94.1 The Lake, talked about the importance […]

The man called the “prime actor” in a crime ring that victimized dozens of Oconeeans has been ordered to prison for 20 years. Joshua Chad Jackson could have been sentenced to life, but he benefits from a negotiated sentence agreed to by both prosecution and defense. Jackson pleaded guilty to 114 charges of property crimes—many of which were thefts, burglaries, […]

The owners/operators of a Seneca barbecue business are the winners of this year’s Ballenger award from the Seneca Rotary Club.  Ron Miller and Ron Miller II and their Little Pigs Barbecue met the criteria for an award named for G-W Ballenger, the club’s first president and a Seneca hardware store owner for many years.  A 27-year business, Little Pigs is […]

A number of area high school football games have been moved to tonight due to the threat of rain on Friday. West-Oak at Powdersville, Seneca at Crescent, Pickens at Daniel, and BHP at Wren will all kick off at 7:30 tonight. The Walhalla Razorbacks’ game at Palmetto is still scheduled for Friday night at 7:30 and can be heard here […]

(SENECA, SC) October 24, 2019 — The Seneca Rotary Club recently presented its prestigious Ballenger Award to Ron Miller and Ron Miller II, owners and operators of Little Pigs BBQ in Seneca. The Ballenger Award recognizes businesses and business leaders for achieving the level of service advocated by Rotary. The award was named for G.W. Ballenger, the first president of […]

Join Girl Scout events next week are designed to boost membership of troops in South Carolina-Mountains and Midlands, with the eventual objective to help South Carolina girls reach their full potential and experience the power of being a girl scout. Parents and guardians interested in enrolling their children in girl scouts can do so by attending meetings on Monday in […]

President Trump ally Jeff Duncan of the South Carolina 3rd District took to the House floor to decry the way his House Democratic colleagues are carrying out depositions behind closed doors to help determine if Trump is should be removed from office. Duncan, Laurens Republican, contrasted closed-door proceedings to the openness that Germany demonstrated after the Second World War when […]